Necktie



Patented Jan; 15,1924. I

UNITED sr 'r-s s PATENT orrics.

FRANK I. -Il'lU'I-RONEY, OF FORT DODGE, IOWA.

N'ECKTIE.

Application filed October 7, 1922. Serial No. 592,978.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. MULRONEY,

- a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Dodge, inthe county of Websterand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in neckties and especially to that type of tie such as a fourin-hand, in which the knot is tied by the wearer in contradistinction to those that are made up or in which the knot is, already made when the wearer purchases the tie.

As is well known, the repeated tying. and untying of a knot in the ordinary four-inhand necktie causes the scarf soon to become wrinkled and stringy, not only by the successive formations of the knot, but by' the necessity of sliding the relatively narrow end of the scarf through the knot in the operation of causing the neck encircling portion of the necktie and the knot, to snugly encircle and engage the neck of the wearer, and with a knowledge of these conditions, my present invention has for its primary object a new article of manufacture, comprising a necktie that comes into the hands of the purchaser or wearer to all intents and purposes similar to the ordinary one-piece tie or scarf which'in fact it is at that time, but provided with the hereinafter specified detachable assembly that will enable the wearer, if he desires, to cut or sever the neck encircling portion of the tie contiguous to said detachable assembly, or to rip off the assembly if he desires to do so, and does not care for the use thereof, leaving the tie as the ordinary one-piece scarf heretofore long known.

If with my new construction of necktie the purchaser wears soft collars either detachable or attached to the shirt, he may then elect to sever the neck encircling portion of. the necktie underneath or between the points where the said detachable assembly is attached to the tie and can subsequently use the tie in such -manner that it will be necessary for him to tie the knot only once, the knot remaining where first tied as long as the wearer desires it to so remain, the tie being susceptible of being removed from the neck and applied thereto within the collar any number of times without the necessity of tying the knot over again, and without 'thenecessity of sliding the relatively narrow tying end through the knot, whereby as is evident, the disadvantages incidental to re peated tyings as above mentioned will be entirely obviated and the tie will retain its fresh and new appearance for a long time.

For a full understanding of the invention, referencei's to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a "fourin-hand tie embodying the improvements of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a viewshowing one application of the device in actual use with a soft collar;

Fig. 3'is a fragmentary perspective view showing the parts after the neck encircling portion has been severed and with the two members of the detachable assembly in detached relation, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the neck encircling portion of the tie showing a feature that will be hereinafter set forth.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and.

a At a predetermined point in the neck en- 1 circling portion 4, preferably somewhat'near the relatively narrow end portion 3, m

improved detachable assembly is attache this comprising a preferably inelastic looped tab 5 secured in any desired manner to the tie material, preferably by stitching, and an elastic member 6-.which is also attached at one end'to the tie material, preferably by mo I stitching and which is preferably formed with an extension slide 7. In the loop of the tab 5 and the elastic member 6 are held complemental separable fasteners designated 8 and 9 respectively, and in this connection it is to be particularly noted that these has tening members 8 and 9- are not of a bulky nature, for the reason that it is diflicult to get a large clumsy fastener to slide in and about-a collar,'these fasteners being of such a nature that they will not to any extent prevent the tie from sliding readily within or around the collar. In the present instance, the fastener 8 is in the'form of a loop or eye and the fastener 9 in the form of a very flat or short post engagable with the eye so as to occupy a minimum amount of above described so that the wearer, after he purchases the tie, can, if he desires, cut through the neck encircling portion and thereafter use the tie as a two-piece article separably connected together whereby only or an initial tying of the knot will be required, no matterhow many times the necktie is removed and applied; or, if he desires to do so,'he can readily ri off or cutoff the detachable assembly an use it as the ordinary one-piece necktie without the separable or detachable feature above mentioned.

Among the advantages of-thisimproved article may be mentioned the fact that the tie comes into the hands of the wearer to all intents andpurposes the same as any ordinary tie and whether thepurchaser subsequently makes a two-piece tie out of it or leaves it as a one-piece tie as above mentioned, in either event the tie is slidable in the collar whether starched or soft and can be used as a necktie as now-v commonly used, namely, tied and untied, or can be removed without disturbing theknot by the use of the detachable connecting devices. advantage, as will be manifest, resides in the fact that the tie will be kept in stock much better than if the neck portion were severed by the manufacturer or dealer to form a two-piece tie, for there is no chance foreither of the tying ends to getlost'be fore the tie is actually ut into use.

Preferably the detac able connectin device-or assembly is located on the nee en-v circling ortion of the tie in such away that in-t e tied position of the necktie it will come at the side or a little towards the front of the collar rather than at the back or towards the back, the advantage of this residing in the fact that the space between the inner and outer bands of the collar is greater than at the side and towards the front and does not hug the neck so closely as towards the back, and that whatever bulk there is in the fastener the same will cause less trouble and enable the tie to slide Another t is furtherto be noted that in *my construction the elastic member'6 is short and stout rather than long and flexible, thereby permitting the wearer to much more easily tie his own knot as it is well known that quite a little stress and pull is brought to bear on the tying'ends of the necktie during the knot forming process, and if the elastic is toolong orhas too much elasticity, it is almost impossible to tie the knot. However, sufiicient elastic is used to enable the wearer to readily unfasten and fasten the two separated parts of the neck encircling portion of the tie and to prevent such portion from being absolutely rigid and also to relieve stress or strain on the relatively narrow or back tying end of the knot, whereby the knot is prevented from slipping down upon and wearing out upon the back or relatively narrow tying end as will be obvious.

Preferably in the manufacture of the tie, the neck encircling portion has printed on the inner face thereof, .two longitudinally spaced and transversely extending lines 10 that are located contiguousto lines of stitching 11 extending preferably parallel to the printed lines and adjacent'the stitching 12.

that is used to attach to the tie the tab 5 and elastic member 6; and printed on the inner face of this portion of the tie, defined by and between the two transverse printed lines 10 are oppositely extending darts or arrows 13 between WhlCh preferably appear in print the words Cut here. Thenin the practical application of the invention, the wearer, if he desires to use the tie as a twopiece article, as hereinbefore described, he will cut out that portion of the tie between the lines of stitching 11, leaving no edges that might be liable to subsequently ravel; and in placing it in position he will preferably turn-up the outer band of his soft collar, then placing it around his neck, then tythe knot.

If the purchaser wears starched collars he-may, of course, leave off the whole detachable assembly although this will not be found necessary for he may disregard it if he prefers as it is my intention that the entire detach-able assembly be made of the least possible bulk and in such a way as to readily slide in a starched or soft collar. He

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may, of course, desire to leave the detachable assembly in position instead of remov or string type, although it is primarily designed for use in connection with a fourinhand tie and with soft collars.

What is claimed, is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a necktie comprising tying end portions and an intermediate neck encircling portion integrally connected together, and a detachable assembly embodying an elastic member and a. tab each stitched to the neck portion near one of the tying ends and provided with complcmental separable fasteners whereby the wearer may either remove or detach the assembly and use the tie as a, single piece ordinary tie or may sever the neck encircling portion between the attached ends of said assembly and use the necktie as a two-piece tie, hereinbefore described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

necktie comprising t ing ends and an intermediate neck encirc ing portion integrally connected together, a ta ends, an elastic member stitched at one on to said neck encircling portion near sai tab and provided with an extension slide, and fiat separable fasteners carried by the adjoining ends of the tab and elastic member, for the purpose specified.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a. necktie comprising tying ends and an intermediate neck encircling ortion integrally connected together, a ta applied to the neck encircling portion near one of the tyin 7 ends, an elastic member applied at one en to said neck encircling portion near said tab, st-itchi connecting said tab and elastic member to t e neck encircling portion of the necktie, and separable fasteners carried by the adjoining ends of the tab and'elastic member, the neck encircling portion displaying thereon indicia indicating that, in seve said portion the transverse cuts shoiil d lie made close to the stitching of the tab and elastic member respectively where-v by to avoid leaving on the separated parts of the necktie raveling edges. In testimon whereof I afiix mygsi iRANK M. MUL .o

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stitched to the neck encircling portion near one of the tying 

